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=== In music === <!-- Editors: Please try to keep this section sorted in roughly chronological order --> * [[Erik Satie]]'s 1917 score for the ballet [[Parade (ballet)|''Parade'']] includes a "''Mach. à écrire"'' as a percussion instrument, along with (elsewhere) a [[roulette wheel]] and a pistol.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMSLP16532-Satie_-_Parade_(orch._score).pdf |url=http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP16532-Satie_-_Parade_(orch._score).pdf |website=International Music Score Library Project}}</ref> * The composer [[Leroy Anderson]] wrote ''[[The Typewriter]]'' (1950) for orchestra and typewriter, and it has since been used as the theme for numerous radio programs. The solo instrument is a real typewriter played by a percussionist. The piece was later made famous by comedian [[Jerry Lewis]] as part of his regular routine both on screen and stage, most notably in the 1963 film ''[[Who's Minding the Store?]]''. * A typewriter plays an integral part (and is used on stage as a [[prop]]) in the song 'Opening Doors', from [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' (1981). * ''[[Wordy Rappinghood]]'', a 1981 single by [[Tom Tom Club]], opens with the sound of a typewriter. * Typewriter samples are woven into the texture of 'Dissidents', the opening track of [[Thomas Dolby]]'s 1984 album ''[[The Flat Earth]]''. * The [[Boston Typewriter Orchestra]] (BTO), a comedic musical percussion group, has performed at numerous art festivals, clubs, and parties since 2004.<ref name="NPR-BTO">{{Cite news |last=Hurley |first=Sean |title=Boston Orchestra Makes Typewriters Sing |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95578403 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308223426/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95578403 |archive-date=2012-03-08 |access-date=2012-03-16 |newspaper=NPR.org |publisher=National Public Radio}}</ref><ref name="BTO">{{Cite web |title=The Boston Typewriter Orchestra |url=http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404062611/http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/ |archive-date=2012-04-04 |access-date=2012-03-16 |publisher=Wordpress}}</ref> * [[Max Richter]]'s ''[[The Blue Notebooks]]'' (2004) features the sound of the typewriter underneath the narration of [[Tilda Swinton]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/v4bd/ Max Richter, ''The Blue Notebooks'' review, BBC]BC</ref> * South Korean improviser Ryu Hankil frequently performs on typewriters, most prominently in his 2009 album ''Becoming Typewriter''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-10 |title=Becoming Typewriter : Ryu Hankil : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/BecomingTypewriter |access-date=2013-09-12}}</ref> <!-- Editors: Please try to keep this section sorted in roughly chronological order -->
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